Thursday, September 29, 2011

Just cut it.

I or We have this parenting philosophy that some don't agree with completely.  I suppose it's not really a philosophy it's just a tactic, a choice we have made when it comes to letting the boys make decisions about themselves.  We have had a good deal of folks let us know they don't agree but it is what works and we go with it.  It's a silly thing to worry over really....you are going to laugh when I tell you I am talking about their hair.  Anyone who has seen Jakeb anytime in the last 5 years knows he is typically sporting long shaggy hair...it's his thing.  He has fantastic hair that the rest of his family is jealous over and because of that he loves his longer locks.  Zachary this past year decided he too would like to give long hair a go...his hair rocks some pretty cute curls but is much thinner and is pretty fine so while his is darn cute it just doesn't look exactly like I think he was hoping it would.   So they are pretty much allowed to choose what they would like to do with their hair.  You want it long okie doke...you want it short sure thing...mohawk...ummmm oookkk.  It's their hair and I feel like they need to be able to make decisions for themselves especially regarding their own appearance.   Sure, sure I get it they are kids and our job as parents it to help guide them but the funny thing is...I want them to learn this sort of thing on experience.  So while many have told us "I would just make them cut their hair" I disagree....and you know what?  Zachary requested a haircut yesterday.   He got one and looks cute...he looks cute either way though.  And after all it's just hair.  We certainly don't let them make every decision on their own but when it comes to hair it's all theirs.  Literally.  
And what's really funny is the more grandparents and friends and even their parents tell them "you really need a haircut" the more they don't want one.  Which just makes me giggle and do a mental "haha" because I am the same way.  

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Wordless'ish Wednesday

These are walking up the trail to Anna Ruby Falls--and at the base of the falls. IMG_4739 IMG_4747 IMG_4789 IMG_4792 IMG_4794 IMG_4813 The next bunch were taken at Brasstown Bald...the hike up to the top of the highest point in Georgia was um....really steep! I was REALLY slow....but I made it. IMG_4814 IMG_4826 IMG_4829 IMG_4835 IMG_4845 IMG_4843 (all that white is fog/low clouds--behind it is an amazing view--we got to the top and never saw it!) Not at the very top but there was a picnic area where we stopped and made lunch and this was the view from there... IMG_4853 IMG_4856 IMG_4865 IMG_4882 The boys insisted these guys get some camera time too... IMG_4894

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Twelve on Tuesday

1. So the whole "View from Hear" thing on Monday's. Swear I didn't forget...at least not completely. I just keep forgetting that it was Monday. I thought of it last night when I was laying in bed....darnit.

 2. Did you notice that we are counting down the weeks here...32 weeks. Here's the run down on the math for you....Due date is November 21st--that's 8 weeks away (or 7 weeks and 6 days if you want to get real specific) that makes 37 weeks which is considered "full term" 5 weeks away (4 weeks 6 days). Gavin was born at 38 weeks and as I have previously stated I expect the same from Nolan just for principle not for any reason other than 4th baby=you can't be later than your brother duh. Also Zachary was a big boy and was induced at 39 weeks so I am thinking that as long as the doctor is all for that while I don't want to be induced like at all there are other things that scare me more--like a baby so big I have to have a c-section or worse--lots and lots of stitches ahem down there. And since the power of Nolan's "little cute movements" seem to be either unusually strong or unusually big I am banking on a big baby thus being induced at 39 weeks which is 7 weeks away. So I fully expect to see this baby anytime in the next 5-7 weeks....Did you follow all that?

 3. Plus I am tired of whining....I know the obvious answer would be "well stop whining" but dang that's hard. I have said again and again I am not a good pregnant person....some people love it and I just don't. I do love the end result...like really love it so that makes it worth it. I an greatful though I swear I am....I just whine too.

 4. Jakeb asked me the other day "So November right?..." he's so super excited and I am so excited that they are so excited...I seriously can.not. wait to see them with this little boy. Oh.my.goodness. the cute, the sweet.

 5. Zachary is totally digging football...ok so maybe not totally digging but he's totally having fun with it now and is actually doing really well...well especially considering where he started. That makes Robert and I so proud of him for sticking thru with it.

 6. Jakeb has turned into a little reader which is also very awesome and makes us very proud. He is racking up the AR points like no other and seeing him have some self motivation is super awesome too.

7. Gavin is still not crazy about school but is learning site words like a pro and is impressing me everyday with his counting and word sounds.

 8. I can't believe we are staring October in the face and thus fast approaching the end of 2011...that is some serious craziness.

 9. We finally got our addendum for our adoption paperwork and it should be on it's way to Colombia...and we should bet getting some news on that ASAP...should be being the key words.

 10. September 15th roughly marks one year of the adoption process. Crazy how things have changed and happened in that time.

 11. I really need to get to the bank and close out my Lilac Hill accounts....I also really need to get a hair cut....and get to the dentist. It would be super smart of me to do all these things BEFORE I am juggling a newborn. Doh.

 12. Nolan's room is so close to being 100% done it's not even funny....as in I just have to paint 2 more things super quick and it's done. And guys it's cute...it's super dee-duper cute.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Less Talk More Pictures.

I really have lots of pictures to share...obviously we went camping and I took pictures. Also a couple weekends ago we were invited to go out on a friends boat...the boys have never been on a boat and were more than excited. Especially to give tubing and knee boarding a try. Let's start with those...shall we? Here are all three of the boys plus Robert (all you can see are his feet--we were cracking up because it looked like Gavin had those big feet) P8220078 Zachary doing the knee board....he popped right up like and old pro. P8220106 Gavin on the knee board which really was more like a belly board for him... P8220110 Zachary jumping off the big rock... P8220086 Gavin and Robert jumping... P8220083 Jakeb's favorite spot...right in the front of the boat. He decided that we need to have a boat...we will get right on that! P8220093 Ok moving right along....some shots camping... Making dinner :) IMG_4721 Just cuteness... IMG_4702 Playing Mancala with the Zman...one of our favorite games IMG_4717 Blurry...but doing the hot dogs IMG_4726 'Smores! IMG_5595 Ok that's really the basics of the camping area....I will post more of our site seeing later. And also I really need to slap some sports photos up here...I will do that later too. Promise!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Hi, it's me.

A week since my last post...but since my first sentence mentioned a break with the kiddies that would explain the absence.   I am sure you have been on pins and needles waiting for the next post.  Have no fear!  Or maybe you should be afraid....
I have nothing exciting to say...which isn't entirely true, I just am so worn out I am not sure that my fingers will be able to type long enough to finish a sentence.  Though that would not be much of a deviation from the norm...skinnyway.   We did venture on over to a campground this week (hence my extra exhaustion).  And venture it was...first off at first glance of the weather last week we knew that rain was a potential issue.  As it grew closer and closer and the chances of rain only continued to grow and we debated about what to do.  First off a couple years ago we made a big to-do about going on a camping trip...we packed and planned and it rained so we didn't go.  Then Jakeb did the boy scout thing for a portion of a year and there was a family camping trip and we did go--and it rained and it was cold and it was no fun.  Like really, really no fun.  Side note to add a special thanks to the person whose tent we got stuck next to on that trip--you made my night miserable with your snoring...not that I am still bitter or anything.   So with the warmer weather and the battle with the rain that seems to be ever persistent in ruining our camping trips we decided to just buck up and go for it.   We snagged a new tent boasting it's water resistant abilities packed extra clothes and towels just in case and headed for the hills.  Unicoi State Park to be exact.   We got everything set up and the boys were ecstatic just to be there and holy guacomole we.are.in.a.tent.with.air.mattreses to jump on.  Because duh, *I* am so not sleeping on the ground.  What the how? No way.  We did the hot dogs on the camp fire thing and may or may not have had to go to the store twice for supplies we forgot...hot dogs with out ketchup? Absoflippinlutely not.  (no fear that wasn't the only reason for the extra trip to the ole' Dollar General) Right moving on...we hit the hay whenever we felt it was a reasonable time.  I am not exactly sure what time it was because as a personal challenge to myself I left the phone ie time telling device in the car.  This was a more difficult thing for me than I expected because well A) I really really like to know what time it is at all times when I wake up in the middle of the night and B) I woke up in the middle of the night 7343223 times and didn't know what time it was and how much longer we had to go before morning.  Right, right...so the rain.  Yeah it wasn't very nice...as in it rained all.night.long. And took turns being torrential and down pouring...waterproof tent?  Well it tried and it did ok but the box should say "water proof unless it rains all night long really hard".  Really it did ok...we had a few wet spots.  And really none were on me so in my book it held up pretty well!  The next morning there was plans to make pancakes and eggs on the grill...you know to further broaden my culinary skills...and who are we kidding just so I could say I cooked pancakes and eggs over a campfire.  But the puddle in the middle of the fire pit said no way and to head to Huddle House.  So of course that is what we did!  Who are we to disobey mother nature!?  Then we decided to go for it for another night because according to The Weather Channel there was only a 20% chance of rain for night number 2.  Because 20% usually means 0%.  So we headed further into the hills for some hopefully dry'ish site seeing.   We hit up Anna Ruby Falls and Brasstown Bald both very cool places.  Both with very steep inclines to the top...but I made it and I did it.  Brasstown Bald was definitely a cool one...check it out if you are ever in the area!
Night #2 we slapped chili together over the campfire.  Let's say that again...we made chili over the campfire.  It was good and it was like with real meat and everything.  High fives all around.  We did the 'smores thing (I may or may not be snacking on leftover chocolate as I type) and climbed into bed eager for a dry night.  Of course this night 20% turned into 100% and this time included thunder.  But we planned ahead and stayed dry and the tent that didn't hold before held--because there was much less rain.  The boys managed to sleep right thru the loud thunder but the rain held on thru the morning and we packed it up and headed home without pancakes and eggs on the campfire.  Instead we had lucky charms in the rain and it was still cool.   Overall it really was a good trip.  It wasn't too cold and despite the rain we all slept ok--thank you air filled beds for making us more comfy.  The boys had a blast and ran around the woods playing with cap guns from the ole DG store making racket because basically we had the campground to ourself because people don't plan to camp in the rain.  So that was fun for them--hello they have never even seen a cap gun much less play with one while camping!  Good times.  And the campsites at Unicoi were nice...definitely will go back and definitely might even do it in the rain but probably we will try for you know dry weather.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Really.

One more day until we get 9 days of "sleeping in" and I am definitely not counting them down.  We are definitely maybe for sure going camping next week for 2 days.  I am excited about that.  The weather is cooling off and I am excited about that too.   It's now going on October and I am confused about that because well October Huh?   Which means we have fall festivals at the school and various fall related projects to contend with....and ugh Halloween is here already?   I like Halloween and all but now that we aren't in a fantastic trick or treat neighborhood it takes some of the fun out of it for me and that's a bummer.  
I was super excited to get an email this morning from our psychologist lady regarding the addendum to our psychological report--you know the one that wasn't long enough and we had to get redone....back in like JUNE.  Well here we are going on September and she finally has it notarized and ready to go...heck yeah totally awesome.  And it's ready to rock and roll on pay day--double awesome because that's good timing.  So I am all planning my day around picking it up heading down to ATL and getting that special apostille stamp on it and tossing it in the mail and doing a happy dance that I can finally check that off the list and that finally we can get our approval.    I pull in the lot and slowly hop out because by the time I get there I have to pee so bad I am really worried I might not make it....listen to my voicemail and viola it's Dr. lady telling me they goofed up the date on the notary and somehow it's POST dated for tomorrow.  Lovely.   So my rushing and driving to ATL was for not and we get to trek back down Monday (no time to do it tomorrow because Zachary has a field trip) to try again.  Really a few more days is no biggie but ugh and ugh.  I was not a happy person.  I should have double checked the date but goodness I didn't even think it would be the wrong date and certainly not a date ahead.   I was not a happy camper.   But on a good note it's done and hopefully we can move on to the next step which is approval and then once little man is born updating and then holding and then back to waiting.  Needless to say it's going to be a extra long process which we never expected....we are baby stepping our way through it, quite literally.  

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Twelve on Tuesday.

1. Yesterday I had my 30 week appt. Whoa 30 weeks.....so we are roughly 8-10 weeks away from somebody's birthday

 2. Last week I washed all the newborn clothes...you know the ones they outgrow very quickly especially big babies which I have a history of having (thank you very much Zachary). Except it was 2 loads of newborn clothes, mmmhmm did I mention we have a new higher capacity washing machine? Because we do...so that tells you that someone got carried away buying baby clothes again.

 3. Our neighbor has 2 dogs that like to try to ruin my quiet mornings--they typically succeed. The are currently alternating barking and one is doing a howl bark thing that is really annoying. What's worse is that they stand in the corner of the yard that directly faces our living room. As Zachary has said...What the how?

 4. What the how? Is way to close to What the hell. So we have of course told him that was yet another word/phrase that just couldn't be said. We are having these sorts of conversations regularly. I am pretty sure they think they can't say anything ever.

 5. Trying to figure out the appropriate age for appropriate language is hard. Obviously what the hell is a no no....but when are things like crap, crud, shoot, butt, even dumb or stupid. I know the last two some are all like well we never say that...but folks that's dumb. I totally say all those words and worse and trying to figure out when it's ok to let some words fly is hard as they get older. Jakeb is going on 10 you know. Pretty much I told them there are words I know they are going to say around their friends but they need to know when it's ok to talk that way around adults--which is like um never.

 6. Holy crap (haha see I say them) I just typed that Jakeb is going on 10. As in 2 digits, as in a decade, as in a preteen. Eek.

 7. We had a wee bit of drama go down in the last 12 hours with Zman's football team. Somehow we get wrapped..er drug...into drama and are so totally clueless when it happens that we are like huh? What the How...because for realz we are not the drama type like at all yet it seems to creep up from time to time unbeknownst to us. Leaving us "going what just happened here and how in the world we did get drug into this...."

 8. On a good note Zman is totally coming around about football...and we are too. At first we were all like "holy moly this is a lot" now we are like "holy moly why are you not knocking that kid down!!?" And "you are so playing again next year because this is exciting!" I mean I am not all about sitting down and "watching the game" on TV or anything that drastic but I am learning what various positions are---or ok just that there's a defensive line and an offensive line past that I am still clueless.

 9. Fall break is next week. I am super excited about that!

 10. Gavin totally did not want to go to school this morning...we are having to do the tough love thing about it because if he sees one inclining of us cracking he will weasel his way in and do full on dramatics. It's hard because while it may seem we are unsympathetic it's not the case....it's a bummer dude. This morning he told me he doesn't "even care to learn what 10x10 is" I reminded him he needed to learn to read too and he was all like yeah well um no don't need that either.

 11. That darn steam cleaner is still sitting in the middle of the floor.

 12. I really really need to go to the grocery store this morning but I really really don't want to. Bleh.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Monday: The View From here.

So I thought of something to do every Monday....I may change it up a bit and I may stop it altogether.  But every day as I sit here at my desk I often lean back in my chair and look from the window to my left and then to the window on my right and I always think as I look left that the view is pretty nice.   Sometimes I think "I love our house" sometimes I think "ugh what is with the MESS" other times I think "I should go clean" but I always think about my view from here...here of course being my little spot that I am sitting.  I dunno why it just always strikes me as funny as I sit staring out the window and think of my "view from here" So here ya go.  My window to the right is our yard and the street my window to the left is across our "sitting room/fireplace room aka room we aren't sure what to do with" to the sunroom/family room the sunroom is a sunken room and is basically a room of windows for walls.  It's a lovely room and we use it as a family room.   That being said it is typically housing various objects or mess...and usually changes from day to day.  Especially on a Monday to Monday sort of basis.  So I just took a snap of it with my cell phone...from my desk chair and I think it may be entertaining (er at least to me) to see how this room changes from week to week.  I imagine some weeks it won't change much especially if I am feeling especially thorough and happen to clean a few days in a row.  This week however it's full of ...er life? and has lots to...tell?  There are Bionicles and toys and shoes and pillows piled up while their covers are washed and pillows on the floor and clothes on the chair...hair detangler is out and the nebulizer is on the table.  Smack dab in the middle of the room is the carpet cleaner reminding me that the carpet has 2 spots that need to be cleaned again.   So yeah....here ya go.


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Thursday, September 8, 2011

As seen: photographs by Zachary

Robert and I ran out really quickly this past Saturday to take care of some things....while were gone Zachary busted out my camera and got to snapping away...





What he was trying to do was move each piece take a picture and move them again and then have me load them up and put them together.....aka recreating an actual moving scene.  Pretty clever--now I did tell him that's how it's done but I am impressed he took the initiative to set them up and give it a whirl on his own.  These are not in scene order I just picked some and posted them.   (and also for the record Robert's parents were home with them while we were gone, they aren't quite ready to be alone!)

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Too cool for School.

Gavin is home from school today---making this his 3rd absence since school started a little over a month ago.  Frankly that's not a good start but pretty much what I expected.  I did have hopeful ideas that he would at the very least make it until October....but alas no realistic expectations.  If history gives us anything it's that the fall is the worst for the little blonde boy and his asthma.  So while it's not quite fall just yet in past times September seems to be the worst.  So he's cough, cough, cough and a wee bit wheezy.  He is also getting an extra pass because he was drugged up with night time meds at 5:45 this morning by mistake.  Oops.  I did not make this mistake (duh) but it is an easy one to make and really no biggie.  But it did guarantee Mr. Coughy Pants a day at home so he's not complaining.
I am not exactly sure why all 3 of our kiddo's have had some sort of lung issue at some point in their lives.  Jakeb did the asthma thing until about Gavin's age and it seems to have disappeared and we have no problems with him.  I would say for the most part he doesn't get sick but I am scared to say that and also remember last year when he had the flu twice.  I will however say that when he does get sick the wheezy thing he did as a little guy doesn't happen and aside from the flu and strep he seems to hold his own pretty well.   Zachary ironically has been the healthier of the three despite his hospital stay and stomach bug fiasco's....yet he still has done the wheezing/coughing thing just to a lesser degree.  Which leads me to believe that some where in the genetic pool jacked up lungs is just par for the course for our kiddo's.  All be it temporary....my mother would probably fuss at me for saying "jacked up lungs" and "our kiddo's" in the same sentence.  I suppose a nicer way to put it would be you know slower lungs?  Like lungs that aren't quite sure how to work right until they are older.  I am really hoping Nolan breaks the mold...my initial instinct is to be all like "I will do everything I can to not have another kiddo that has to deal with this too...." so let's figure out all the precautions to help prevent it.  Then I go oh wait....we already did that.  We don't smoke (ahem...Mom--you get roughly 2 months to kick the habit--again)  So the babes are not around that or held by smokers (ahem) and they were breastfed for like ever and delayed solids and all that jazz.  We do have pets but I am pretty sure that's not the cause since we have been down that road before....which just goes right back to the theory of jacked up lungs and the genetic pool.  Which I suppose makes sense really...my bro is a pretty heavy duty asthma guy and Robert is all about some seasonal (year long?) allergies.  I am a pretty healthy one--but colds do seem to like to hang out in the breathing region of my body when I do get them.
The boys have friends who miss like no school ever and I am all like "how do you do that?!?!" wow.  Of course then I find out friend came to school sick--which explains how my kid got sick, thank you very much.  Yay for your attendance award but here's our doctor bill, mmmk?  Oh wait and here are his brothers as well...just saying.  Right so moving on...I wish I could nix the gene that jacked up the lungs but alas no can do.   If anyone else has a better theory please share...or even better a fix?!   But also I will say this seems to be a very common problem with a lot of kiddo's...like 74% of homes have nebulizers and inhalers and the like. (just so you know I totally made up that statistic) So maybe it's not only our genetic pool...it's something though and I am not a fan.  As I listen to cough, cough, cough coming from the couch.  Not to mention pausing to catch his breath between words when he talks to me.  Oy.  Being that he just told me "It's ok...breath...if you...breath...give...breath...me the...breath...nebulizer....breath...right now....breath,cough, cough"  I should probably stop my ranting and medicate my kiddo....oy.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Smells like rain.

It has finally rained here in North GA....and I am oddly euphoric feeling about it.  I am typically not one that welcomes dreary rainy days but after a month of dry dry 90+ degree weather and not a drop of precipitation other than sweat I am giddy to see the wet stuff falling from the sky again!  
It's funny because reading Facebook status's this morning one would think it's been raining for weeks on end...and usually I am right there complaining too but not this time.  So it's kinda nice.  Granted along with this rain come temperatures that are 20 degrees lower and THAT is very welcome.
Blogger has given me the option to change to the updated version of posting and it's strange....I am not sure what I think of it.
I just realized it's actually Tuesday and I should be typing out my "Twelve on Tuesday" oops.  We will just skip that this week because I said so....and it's my blog and I can do that :)
Though really that would probably have been easier because I am sitting here stumped on what else to blab on about.  I could tell you that my back hurts--like I just did--but I am tired of whining.  Aside from the fact that whining every day about this ache or pain is going to make the last 10 weeks or so drag on F.O.R.E.V.E.R so I am working on a more optimistic outlook.  Ugh.  On the up side...I know these 10 weeks or so (maybe 9!) will go by really quickly and I will look back and think wow that was quick.  Because the past 29 have gone by so fast.   I am hanging on to the hope that he will make a debut 2 weeks early like his big brother Gavin did....that would make me one happy camper.
Speaking of camping would it be totally insane to go camping for a night or 2 in 2 weeks when the boys are on fall break?  Maybe sleeping on the ground--just kidding I am totally an air mattress girl but I so will tent camp....most people say camping and then talk about their RV or cabin.  Um hello, that is totally not camping.  Anyway maybe that will help my back?  Haha.  Not likely but I have been wanting to take these boysies camping for a while now but let's work it in when it's not too hot and not too cold because sleeping in the cold is not my cup of tea.   I have a feeling camping while 31 weeks pregnant won't be my cup of tea either--but I am willing to give it a try.  Because aches and pains aside I am not feeling that bad...so anyway let's give it some thought mmmk?

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Gumball

I am sitting in the bed next to Gavin and Zachary while they are watching "Their favorite show!!!! We can't go to bed yet...." It's actually not too bad as far as kid shows go...especially kid shows on Cartoon Network. Gumball....I haven't figured out why it's called this...I don't get it.
Jakeb has spent the night with a friend (tomorrow is a holiday so no school for them) I am super happy for him that he has found this friend who seems to be as equally quirky as Jakeb. And also new friends mother still has her 9 going on 10 year old in a booster seat so that means his mom is as quirky as I am so that's cool too.
Robert is playing ping pong in the basement with my brother, Robert--yes they have the same name. Somehow this has never really been weird. But they have become pals and I am super glad for that too. Because they are both kinda rad so I am glad we get to see them more. Them being Robert, my brother, and his wife, Amberly.
Nolan is rolling around and up to his usual evening time antics...which include stretching and hip kicking. I can't wait until I am actually watching him do these things rather than feel. Speaking of rad his room is totally that...and I gotta say my creative bug that has been working the last few days is kinda fun. His room decorations have included some repurposing, painters tape, various papers folded accordian style and then unfolded, and of course paint. I will get some pictures rocking and rolling when I get it all done. I have a few more things to add and pretty much calling it D.O.N.E.
Gavin is getting another cold which is frustrating. We also noticed and read about some behavior issues often associated with the medication he was/is on. So we decided in an attempt to spare us some of the dramatics to pull him off this medicine to see if we notice a difference. I knew this medicine was known for causing such behavior issues but had actually forgotten so far I am seeing improvement. But we'll see. Of course the other issue is that the medicine does actually help his asthma...so kinda hoping he has outgrown some of that like Jakeb did. Again...we'll see.
These two boys next to me spent all day outside playing...which is funny because we had to shove Zachary outside with tears a-flowing this morning....and then he ended up out there all day. So they are exhausted ....pretty sure show time is over so it's off to bed for them!
3 day weekends are so very nice.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Negative week positive thoughts.

So this week has a been a bit unpleasant...a lot of small things adding up to make the end of the week a bummer. We have discussed the smack to the schnoz and the swollen eye, the lack of sleep and the general uncomfortableness. Let's add to that waking up with a crook in my neck and coming home to a dryer that will not turn on and a microwave that is working on heating food at light speed rather than regular ole seconds. As in it's jacked up. And also let's just the finances are a mess and the unexpected expenses we have had recently have left us not keen on broken appliances. I mean really a new dryer would be fantastic but really? Right now. uh no. Really the microwave....aka probable cancer box is not the end of the world. I rarely use it but it does make things annoying. The dryer is a larger problem and it must be remedied asap. This larger girl doesn't have clothes to last more than a week and being that it's Friday the closet is running on empty. And also....let's not even get started on my father. Because that would be like 9721 sentences of anger and frustration and it's really not worth it.
On the other hand I am trying to keep it all in perspective. Like really I am rocking out getting things made for Nolan's room. Zachary told me yesterday that I was making too much stuff for his room....say huh? Apparently kids aren't used to crafty Mom. And it's all coming together nicely and that makes me proud of me. My kiddo's are rolling into routine of school quite well and that's t-totally awesome. They are rocking out the good grades and awesome behavior. They are also rocking out trips to the nurses office but that's just funny. I am pretty sure we are quickly moving up to the number one spot on her speed dial. Glad they are taking after their mother in the graceful department. "Sorry about that wall I didn't see you there." It's a much used phrase.
Basically I am feeling some mental confusion because on one hand I want to wallow around woe is me and whine about all that is annoying and stupid--aka reread the first paragraph and on the other I am thinking maybe it's not worth it. Which leaves one feeling kinda basketcase-ish. Which over a broken dryer is a bit silly really. So I am really trying to shake it because well really it's not worth it.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

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